ISIS can draw on veteran jihadists and ex-Iraq army officers for leadership
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, one of the world's most wanted men, is counting on veteran jihadis and former Iraqi army officers who...
Pro-Kurdish party leader to visit Moscow this week
The leader of Turkey's opposition pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples' Party (HDP) will meet Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow for talks aimed...
Israeli policeman gets 9 months for killing Palestinian teen
An Israeli court sentenced a border policeman to nine months in prison on Wednesday for the fatal shooting of a stone-throwing teenage Palestinian protester...
Jail term for Sudanese man who walked Channel Tunnel to UK
A Sudanese man was handed a jail term in Britain Wednesday after walking through the Channel Tunnel from France last year.
Abdul Rahman Haroun, who...
Egypt’s chief prosecutor wants close monitoring of the media
Egypt's chief prosecutor on Wednesday reminded his staff to closely monitor the media and start legal action against any outlet that disrupts security...
Caught off-guard by Zika, Brazil struggles with deformed babies
Angela Rocha, a pediatrician in northeastern Brazil, measures the head of a child born with microcephaly, a tragic neurological complication linked to Zika, the...
Dentistry student guilty of plotting attack on Britain
A dentistry student, whose brother is believed to have been killed in an Islamic State-inspired suicide bombing in Iraq, was found guilty on Wednesday...
California shooters borrowed $28,000 before attack: source
A married couple who killed 14 people in a California shooting rampage the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism borrowed about $28,000...
Iran sanctions ending in January ‘not impossible’
Iran’s aim of having sanctions against it lifted by the end of January under a deal with major powers is “not impossible”, the head...
Qatar FA loses German lawsuit over 'cancer on football' comment
A German court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit brought by the Qatar Football Association (QFA) against ex-German FA boss Theo Zwanziger for describing...
